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Show . err- 'r i - - . l.e r-ht of the City Council to pass n ordinance proLIliti:: the carrying cf concealed deadly weapons wn attacked at-tacked in Police court this morning. The esse was. that of Joe Halo, an ' ir-trlaa, who was arrested aome time f3. Attorney William Newton ap-rTirei ap-rTirei for the defendant and argued that the City Council was without au-j tiority to pass such an ordinance; that the Constitution cf the State delegated that power to the Legislature and to that body only, and that the Legisla-'ure Legisla-'ure did not hare the right to delegate ' that power to the City Council Even if it did hare that authority, j argued Mr. Newton, it would be uneon-. uneon-. stitutional, aa the Constitution of the United fctates expressly provides ' for the rigM of the citizen to carry arms. V r Mr. Newton further argued that the ; s ordinance at paised by the City Council Coun-cil prohibiting the carrying weapons concealed was a. sweeping one, and that if it was construed as it read, no peace . eer would b . allowed to carry a weapon. , . Assistant City Attorney Daly admitted admit-ted that the ordinance was a sweeping one and that it strictly construed would prevent any officer from, carrying a - weapon unless he carried it in plain ' " aight. He did not think, however, that ' such was the intent of the act and ar- rued that the Legislature had the right to' delegate the power to pass such an , ordinance to the City Council. During the argument, which lasted .. more than an hour, both attorney! quoted a number of authorities to bus-. tain the pointa which, they were trying . to make. ' " The eourt took the question under advisement. |